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KOSPI falls, foreigners net sellers

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Korean won weakens against dollar

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South Korea benchmark bond yield rises

SEOUL, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Round-up of South Korean financial markets:

** South Korean shares fell on Friday and were set for a second straight weekly loss, as investors weighed profit-booking after recent gains against hopes of a slower pace of interest rate increase at home and abroad. The won weakened, while the benchmark bond yield rose.

** The benchmark KOSPI fell 3.39 points, or 0.14%, to 2,437.94, as of 03:27 GMT. For the week, the index is set to decline 0.25%.

** Among heavyweights, technology giant Samsung Electronics fell 0.65% and peer SK Hynix lost 1.27%, while battery maker LG Energy Solution advanced 0.35%. ** The Federal Reserve's signalling of a slowdown in the pace of U.S. interest rate hikes takes pressure off global peers to keep on raising rates and offers relief to emerging markets, which have suffered their biggest rout in over a decade this year.

** The trading volume was 286.45 million shares. Of the total traded issues of 929, the number of advancing shares was 372.

** Foreigners were net sellers of shares worth 57.8 billion won ($43.57 million).

** The won was quoted at 1,329.3 per dollar on the onshore settlement platform, 0.08% lower than its previous close.

** In offshore trading, the won was quoted at 1,327.9 per dollar, down 0.1% from the previous day, while in non-deliverable forward trading its one-month contract was quoted at 1,327.2.

** The KOSPI has fallen 18.13% so far this year, but gained 12.9% in the previous 30 trading sessions.

** The won has lost 10.6% against the dollar so far this year. ** In money and debt markets, December futures on three-year treasury bonds rose 0.09 points to 103.72.

** The most liquid three-year Korean treasury bond yield fell by 2.1 basis points to 3.666%, while the benchmark 10-year yield rose by 1.5 basis points to 3.638%. ($1 = 1,326.6000 won) (Reporting by Cynthia Kim; Editing by Rashmi Aich)